Age: 61
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Dino Stamatopoulos is an American television writer, producer, actor, and voice artist known for his offbeat comedic sensibilities and cult-favorite projects. He began his career writing for influential sketch shows such as The Ben Stiller Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and The Dana Carvey Show, earning an Emmy Award for his work early on. He later made a significant mark in adult animation, creating the acclaimed stop-motion series Moral Orel and Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole for Adult Swim. Stamatopoulos is also known for his role as Star-Burns on NBC’s Community, where he served as both a recurring actor and a consulting producer. Beyond writing and acting, he co-founded the animation studio Starburns Industries, which produced the Oscar-nominated film Anomalisa. His work often blends dark humor with emotional depth, making him a unique voice in American television and animation.
Dino Stamatopoulos
Starburns
for Starburns in Community: The Movie (2023)
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The study group gets back together to find the Dean of Greendale Community College who has been kidnapped. The movie will open with Garrett Lambert going through the empty hallways of Greendale Community College stopping at the Dean's office where he finds a ransom note from the kidnapper. The note is addressed to Jeff Winger, the kidnapper is demanding $100,000 in cash or he will never see Dean Pelton again. Jeff calls up his old study group to help him find the kidnapper and save the Dean. The study group decides the suspects are Ben Chang for obvious reasons, Dean Spreck cause of his feud with Dean Pelton and Todd only because they need a 3rd suspect. The group turns the study room into an interrogation room and start interrogating the 3 suspects. After a couple weeks of the investigation the group is ready to give up until Annie walks into an empty classroom and finds Luis Guzman torturing Dean Pelton. As Guzman is getting arrested he confesses he did it because the Dean has not been paying him for using his likeness to bring more students to Greendale for years. There will be an end Credit Scene with Ben Chang laughing uncontrollably like he had something to do with it.
